LucD,
Is this returned from the command? /usr/lib/vmware/vmkmgmt_keyval/vmkmgmt_keyval -a
Is that 1 long string or separate lines? It's column wise.
And which number in there is the firmware version? from text file. Let me know if you want to see the output.
In case not feasible then i'm fine LucD. I appreciate your help here.